Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Arbeitsbücher to Vienna Region Wartime Workers Auction Archive A German Youth Festival badge

A German Youth Festival badge

the obverse bearing a central raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika

the base metal demonstrates the loss of most of its bronze finish with consequent surface oxidation

a Type III

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Arbeitsbücher to Vienna Region Wartime Workers Auction Archive A German Youth Festival badge(Arbeitsbcher). A mixed lot of seven Arbeitsbcher, each constructed of card stock bindings with paginated interior pages filled with handwritten and stamped entries, issued to recipients employed in the Vienna region with firms involved in wartime production, including Wilhelm Gustloff Stiftung subsidiary Gustloff Werk Hirtenberg (also known as Otto Eberhardt Patronenfabrik, a cartridge manufacturer for German forces), some demonstrating minor to